SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Vaccinium foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, venosis; floribus racemosis; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corolla conica, striata. Stamina decem.
Whortle-berry, with lance-shaped, waved, and veined leaves; flowers grow in long bunches; foot stalks of the flowers very long, having floral leaves; blossom cone-shaped, and streaked. Ten Chives.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Blossom.
2. The Chives magnified.
3. The Seed-bud, Cup, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.
This species of Whortle-berry was first brought, from North America, in the year 1784. It is one of those with ten chives, &c. and of the same nature with those we have already figured; for its treatment, and increase, we must therefore refer our readers to V. formosum, Pl. XCVII. Vol. II. The drawing was taken in May 1799, at the Hammersmith nursery.[Pg 507]
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